白腐菌对染料脱色和降解作用的研究进展

白腐菌应用于废水处理始于二十世纪八十年代。本文对印染废水的处理方法、白腐菌及其对污染物的降解机理作了简要概述 ,着重介绍了白腐菌对染料脱色和降解作用的研究进展。白腐菌对染料的脱色解降作用机理有部分尚待进一步研究 ;同时 ,白腐菌的吸附作用亦不容忽视。     

AiiA蛋白的可溶性表达及其抗菌活性研究

AHLs是革兰氏阴性细菌在增殖过程中产生的一类信号分子,与其致病性密切相关。AiiA蛋白作为一种胞内解酯酶．能水解致病菌产生的AHb分子,使内酯环开环后不能再激活某些胞外酶的表达．从而极大地减弱了细菌的致病性。本研究从苏云金芽孢杆菌LLB15中分离编码aiiA基因的质粒DNA。用PCR方法克隆面讲基因,并利用pET载体构建6-His融合表达质粒pET29a-aiiA,转化E.coli BL21（DE3）菌株,并筛选得到E.coli BL21（DE3）-pET29a-aiiA工程菌。在20℃的低温和0．8mmol／LIPTG条件下。经25h的诱导表达,获得了54．4ug／mL可溶性AiiA蛋白。通过镍柱亲和层析,在国内外首次纯化了带6-His标记的AiiA蛋白。水解活性和抗病性检测表明,该蛋白能水解AHLs分子．对胡萝卜欧文氏软腐病菌具有较强的抗病作用。     

嗜热菌Anoxybacillus sp．DL3产蛋白酶条件及其酶学性质研究

目的：对Anoxybacillussp．DL3的产蛋白酶条件及其酶学性质进行研究,为下一步进行蛋白酶基因的克隆、表达提供依据。方法：应用常规方法液体培养细菌,研究温度、pH、培养基中碳源、氮源对菌株产蛋白酶的影响,硫酸铵盐析的方法提取酶液,并采用Folin法测酶活性。用紫外分光光度计在OD680hi／1测吸光值。并对提取的蛋白酶液进行酶的最适温度、pH以及酶的热稳定性和pH稳定性研究,向酶液中添加金属离子和EDTA、PMSF,研究其对酶活性的影响。结果：在培养基初始pH是6．5,培养温度为40℃时菌株产酶酶活性最大;培养基中以乳糖为碳源,酵母膏和硫酸铵为氮源,碳源与氮源的比例为1：2时,酶活最大。酶学性质研究结果显示：该酶的最适反应温度是55℃,最适反应pH是7．0;在50℃保温20min-80min内,酶活力下降幅度较小。60℃保温60min后,仍保持约60％的酶活。70℃保温60min后,残余酶活为30％。该酶在pH为6．0～8．0范围内,相对酶活差别不是很大,下降趋势大致相同。在强碱条件下,相对酶活下降很明显。Fe2＋、Cu2＋和Hg2＋对酶活性有明显的抑制作用;Ca2＋、Mg^2＋、Mn2＋等金属离子对酶活性有明显的促进作用;乙二胺四乙酸（EDTA）和苯甲基磺酰氟（PMSF）对酶活性也有一定抑制作用。结论：Anoxybacillussp．DL3所产的蛋白酶为嗜热中性蛋白酶,此酶具有较好的热稳定性和pH耐受性,该菌株具有进一步开发、利用的价值。     

Glucose ester enabled acylation in plant specialized metabolism

Acylation of core compound skeletons, together with other modifications, plays a significant role in producing the incredible diversity of plant specialized metabolites. Two major classes of acyltransferases, the BAHD and serine carboxypeptidase-like (SCPL) acyltransferases, can bring together through acylation compounds from the same or divergent metabolic pathways. BAHD acyltransferases (BAHD-ATs) employ CoA thioesters as the activated substrate, SCPL acyltransferases (SCPL-ATs), on the other hand, utilize β-acetal esters, typically glucose esters formed by UDP glycosyltransferases (UGTs). While the general trend of high energy glucose ester enabled acyltransfers is seen throughout the spermatophytes (seed plants), the specific metabolites that are conjugated appear to be lineage specific. In this review, we examine the reaction mechanism, biochemical property and evolutionary relationship of SCPL-ATs that utilize various glucose ester donors and acceptors from the same or different plant specialized metabolic pathways. The occurrence and taxonomic distribution of galloylated flavan-3-ols, hydrolyzable tannins and galloylated flavonols are also evaluated. Furthermore, glucose ester (acyl donor)-forming UGT activities and the subcellular localization of the UGT and SCPL-AT catalyzed reactions are discussed.     

Reconstitution of the peptidoglycan cytoplasmic precursor biosynthetic pathway in cell-free system and rapid screening of antisense oligonucleotides for Mur enzymes

Bacterial peptidoglycan is the cell wall component responsible for various biological activities. Its cytoplasmic precursor UDP-N-acetylmuramyl pentapeptide is biosynthesized by the first six enzymes of peptidoglycan synthetic pathways (Mur enzymes), which are all proved to be important targets for antibiotic screening. In our present work, the genes encoding Mur enzymes from Escherichia coli were co-expressed in the cell-free protein synthesis (CFPS) system, and the activities of Mur enzymes derived from CFPS system were validated by the synthesis of the final product UDP-N-acetylmuramyl pentapeptide. Then this in vitro reconstituted Mur biosynthetic pathway was used to screen a panel of specific antisense oligonucleotides for MurA and MurB. The selected oligonucleotides were proved to eliminate the expression of Mur enzymes, and thus inhibit the Mur biosynthetic pathway. The present work not only developed a rapid method to reconstruct and regulate a biosynthetic pathway in vitro, but also may provide insight into the development of novel antibiotics targeting on peptidoglycan biosynthetic pathway.     

残缺类囊体膜与嵴膜小囊的融合膜结构观察

观察了菠菜叶绿体类囊体膜与残缺膜的表面结构及鼠肝线粒体嵴膜小囊在制备过程中的生成过程,证明了嵴膜小囊可有两种,F_1在膜外侧或膜内侧,它们都可与残缺膜组成镶嵌膜,进行光下磷酸化功能。而F_1在膜外侧的嵴膜小囊与残缺膜的嵌合膜活力更高。     

表面活性剂对土壤中多环芳烃生物有效性影响的研究进展

表面活性剂能够改变多环节烃(Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons,PAHs）在土壤中的溶解度、吸附/解吸平衡和与土壤微生物的相互作用,从而改变PAHs的生物有效性,表面活性剂主要通过降低土壤-水之间的界面张力,增加PAHs的溶解度、促进PAHs的运输等方式来加强PAHs的生物有效性,但由于表面活性剂本身对微生物的毒害作用或无毒的表面活性剂优先作为微生物的生长基质,可能会对PAHs的生物有效性起到抑制作用,另外,表面活性剂对土壤中不同形态的PAHs生物有效性的影响不同,表面活性剂、PAHs和土壤微生物的类型浓度以及土壤的物理化学条件等都对PAHs的生物有效性有影响。     

Key Elements in a Framework for Land Use Impact Assessment Within LCA (11 pp)

Background, Aim and Scope Land use by agriculture, forestry, mining, house-building or industry leads to substantial impacts, particularly on biodiversity and on soil quality as a supplier of life support functions. Unfortunately there is no widely accepted assessment method so far for land use impacts. This paper presents an attempt, within the UNEP-SETAC Life Cycle Initiative, to provide a framework for the Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA) of land use. Materials and Methods: This framework builds from previous documents, particularly the SETAC book on LCIA (Lindeijer et al. 2002), developing essential issues such as the reference for occupation impacts; the impact pathways to be included in the analysis; the units of measure in the impact mechanism (land use interventions to impacts); the ways to deal with impacts in the future; and bio-geographical differentiation. Results: The paper describes the selected impact pathways, linking the land use elementary flows (occupation; transformation) and parameters (intensity) registered in the inventory (LCI) to the midpoint impact indicators and to the relevant damage categories (natural environment and natural resources). An impact occurs when the land properties are modified (transformation) and also when the current man-made properties are maintained (occupation). Discussion: The size of impact is the difference between the effect on land quality from the studied case of land use and a suitable reference land use on the same area (dynamic reference situation). The impact depends not only on the type of land use (including coverage and intensity) but is also heavily influenced by the bio-geographical conditions of the area. The time lag between the land use intervention and the impact may be large; thus land use impacts should be calculated over a reasonable time period after the actual land use finishes, at least until a new steady state in land quality is reached. Conclusions: Guidance is provided on the definition of the dynamic reference situation and on methods and time frame to assess the impacts occurring after the actual land use. Including the occupation impacts acknowledges that humans are not the sole users of land. Recommendations and Perspectives: The main damages affected by land use that should be considered by any method to assess land use impacts in LCIA are: biodiversity (existence value); biotic production potential (including soil fertility and use value of biodiversity); ecological soil quality (including life support functions of soil other than biotic production potential). Bio-geographical differentiation is required for land use impacts, because the same intervention may have different consequences depending on the sensitivity and inherent land quality of the environment where it occurs. For the moment, an indication of how such task could be done and likely bio-geographical parameters to be considered are suggested. The recommendation of indicators for the suggested impact categories is a matter of future research.     

Truncated light-harvesting chlorophyll antenna size in <Emphasis Type="Italic">Chlorella vulgaris</Emphasis> improves biomass productivity

Microalgae have been proposed as eco-friendly feedstocks for biodiesel production, because they accumulate large amounts of lipids and increase their biomass through photosynthesis. However, the photosynthetic efficiency of microalgae is too low for this strategy to be economically feasible. In an effort to overcome this issue, random mutants with reduced chlorophyll antenna size were generated by ethyl methanesulfonate (EMS)-mediated mutagenesis of Chlorella vulgaris. The antenna size mutant, herein designated E5, exhibited 56.5 and 75.8 % decreases in chlorophyll a and b contents, respectively, with significant reductions in the expression levels of peripheral light-harvesting antenna proteins in photosystem II. The saturated photosynthetic activity and electron transport rate of the E5 mutant were significantly higher and also showed reduced non-photochemical quenching (NPQ), compared to those of the wild type. Consequentially, the E5 mutant cultures achieved 44.5 % improvement in biomass productivity under high light (200 μmol photons m^?2 s^?1). These results suggest that improving the photosynthetic efficiency of microalgae could greatly enhance their biomass production, and such mutant strains can be applicable for large-scale outdoor cultivation which is typically exposed to high light intensity.